Method and system for determining an appropriate installation location for an application to be installed in a distributed network environment
US11561781B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jun 17, 2019 |
| Grant date | Jan 24, 2023 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jun 17, 2039 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F8/61
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method is provided for determining an installation location. The method includes: providing a machine-readable description of the application to be installed; enhancing the machine-readable description with further requirements and/or properties; linking the application to be installed with an object identifier which includes the enhanced description and the requirements and/or properties of the application to be installed; linking objects existing in the distributed network environment with, in each case, at least one further object identifier which describes at least one property of an object; storing the object identifiers of the application to be installed and of the objects in the distributed network environment in a database; receiving a query regarding the application to be installed; providing the stored object identifiers of the application to be installed and of the objects for an evaluation unit; and receiving a determined appropriate installation location from the evaluation unit.
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